More than 450 Rowland Unified School District high school students will receive free mobile hot spot devices and wireless internet service this fall.

The 1Million Project Foundation — a program sponsored by Sprint that launched last year that aims to help 1 million high school students attain internet connectivity — is in the process of distributing 461 hot spot devices to Rowland Unified students.

Selected students at Nogales High received their devices Thursday at their back to school night. Selected Rowland High students are set to receive their devices on Wednesday, Sept. 12, and selected Santana High students are set to receive theirs on Wednesday, Sept. 26.

“We are excited to offer this to RUSD students in need of access over the next four years,” district Superintendent Julie Mitchell said in a statement.

Each selected student will receive a hot spot device and 3 GB of LTE data per month for up to four years while they attend high school in Rowland Unified. Each device has a Free Children’s Internet Protection Act-compliant content filter to block adult content and malware, according to a RUSD statement.

By the end of the 2018-19 school year, the 1Million Project Foundation will have distributed mobile hot spot devices to more than 268,000 students at more than 1,750 high school across 34 states, according to the statement.

Christopher Yee is a reporter for the Pasadena Star-News and San Gabriel Valley Tribune covering cities in the west and central parts of the San Gabriel Valley. He grew up in Monterey Park and studied journalism at East Los Angeles College and UC Berkeley. You may find him at Dodger Stadium or at the Staples Center for L.A. Kings games.